alibi

• n. 不在场证明或辩解；托辞
• v. 辩解；找托辞开脱

拉丁词。词根al, 其它，同else.

1. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

2. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.;

"he kept finding excuses to stay"

"every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"

"his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"

alibi

alibi: [18] In Latin, alibi means literally ‘somewhere else’. It is the locative form (that is, the form expressing place) of the pronoun alius ‘other’ (which is related to Greek allos ‘other’ and English else). When first introduced into English it was used in legal contexts as an adverb, meaning, as in Latin, ‘elsewhere’: ‘The prisoner had little to say in his defence; he endeavoured to prove himself Alibi’, John Arbuthnot, Law is a bottomless pit 1727.

But by the end of the 18th century it had become a noun, ‘plea of being elsewhere at the time of a crime’. The more general sense of an ‘excuse’ developed in the 20th century. Another legal offspring of Latin alius is alias. This was a direct 16th-century borrowing of Latin aliās, a form of alius meaning ‘otherwise’.
=> alias, else

alibi (n.)

1743, "the plea of having been elsewhere when an action took place," from Latin alibi "elsewhere, somewhere else," locative of alius "(an)other" (see alias (adv.)). The weakened sense of "excuse" is attested since 1912, but technically any proof of innocence that doesn't involve being "elsewhere" is an excuse, not an alibi.

The suspects all had alibis for the day of the robbery.

嫌疑人均有证据证明抢劫当天不在犯罪现场。

牛津词典

A role as senior diplomat would be a good alibi for his absence.

高级外交官的角色将是他缺席的上佳托词。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He established an alibi to the charge of murder.

他证实在谋杀案发生时他不在场.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The police verified that she had an airtight alibi.

警方查明她有着无懈可击的不在犯罪现场的证据.

《简明英汉词典》

It was increasingly obvious her alibi didn't check out.

她的申辩经不起检验,这一点已经越来越明显了.

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Do you an alibi for Saturday night?

你有周六晚上不在犯罪现场的证据 吗 ?

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And he has an alibi: his secretary.

而且他有不在场证人: 他的秘书.

电影对白

The false alibi threw the police off the scent.

那个不在犯罪现场的伪证使警方失去了线索.

辞典例句

It is a perfect alibi.

这完全是在开脱罪责.

《用法词典》

It's important clue that will break the alibi of the chief suspect.

这是一条很重要的线索,它将击破这名主犯不在犯罪现场的证据.

期刊摘选

But observers think authorities are only establishing an alibi in case something goes wrong.

但观察者认为,这不过只是有关当局为万一有什么差池而找好遁词罢了.

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The alibi was fabricated by him.

这种托辞是他臆造出来的.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The accused had thrown dust in the eyes of the police by giving them a false alibi.

被告向警方提供伪证,以此转移了他们的视线.

《简明英汉词典》

That is just an alibi, I am not going to believe in it.

那不过是一种借口, 我是不信的.

辞典例句

He based his assumption of her guilt on the fact that she had no alibi.

他以她不在犯罪现场的事实为根据做出她犯罪的假定.

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She also offered to create an alibi for herself and detailed her husband's daily schedule.

她还表示愿意为自己建立一个借口,并且还有关于她丈夫的详细日程.

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I was amazed at how fast Paula cooked up an alibi.

我很奇怪paula何以这么快就编造出了一个托辞.

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But the security cameras give him an alibi.

但是保安录像给了他不在场的证明.

电影对白

The policeman saw through his false alibi.

警察识破他不在场的伪证.

辞典例句

The police are suspicious of his alibi because he already has a record.

警方对他不在场的辩解表示怀疑,因为他已有前科.

《简明英汉词典》

Do you have any proof to substantiate your alibi?

你有证据表明你当时不在犯罪现场 吗 ?

《简明英汉词典》

Have you an alibi?

你能证明不在犯罪现场 吗 ?

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The accused tried to establish an alibi.

被告人力图提出他不在现场的证据.

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Was it because you couldn't prove an alibi?

不就因为你提不出你不在现场的任何证据 吗 ?

辞典例句

Mularz has an alibi.

Mularz有一个托辞.

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She has a perfect alibi.

她有完美的不在场证明.

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Be certain your alibi squares with mine.

一定要使你的不在犯罪现场的证据与我的证据相符合.

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This argument is only too blatantly an alibi for domestic repression.

这一辩解完全是在为国内的镇压活动开脱。

柯林斯例句

A role as senior diplomat would be a good alibi for his absence.

高级外交官的角色将是他缺席的上佳托词。

柯林斯例句

Mick had an airtight alibi.

米克有确凿的不在场证据。

柯林斯例句